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today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli's now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at 23,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only function...

contempt of parliament over his own lockdown behaviour, and says he should recuse himself. we'll be asking the political writer and johnson biographer andrew gimson and the shadow leader of the house thangam debbonaire how they think this sorry tale will end. also tonight... with gilt rates throught the roof and inflation refusing to plunge, will interest rates have to rise and result in more mortgage misery? we'll be asking an economic adviser to chancellorjeremy hunt and a former bank of england insider. we have a report from the palestinian territories on how young people see the ...

as a "western perception that the african female is a downtrodden wretch". but when you look around the african continent today — girls abducted in nigeria, polygamy re—introduced in kenya, child marriages and the prevalence of gender—based violence — how much is there to celebrate about being female in africa? ama ata aidoo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, zainab. there's a lot of political issues and social affairs in your writings. how much do you see yourself as a writer with a mission? well, now, in retrospect, i suppose i could describe myself as a writer with...

israel comes under mounting pressure from the west for its military operations in gaza. the us secretary of defence lloyd austen is expected to meet israeli officials later as the uk, france, and generally step up the uk, france, and generally step up global calls for a ceasefire as britain's former defence secretary, ben wallace, warns israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel's tactics as crude and indiscriminate. as israel's bombardment of gaza continues, the un security council is due to convene later as the...

the week, it turns increasingly unsettled but milder, so i'm not sure whether you will appreciate that. the cold air being pushed out of the way and the milder air moves with a south—westerly wind but that means lots of rain around as we head towards the weekend. thanks, louise. and that's bbc news at six on tuesday it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. constitution hill runs a rule at the cheltenham festival in the champion hurdle. british players from the... up against the current us open champion. harry's home run makes...